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This type of poetry is written to be performed, often with dialogue and spectacle.
dramatic poetry
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
simile
An intentional exaggeration for effect.
hyperbole
The author of Rip Van Winkle.
Washington Irving
The inn Rip frequented was replaced by this building.
Union Hotel
This type of poetry expresses emotions and personal feelings of the poet.
lyric poetry
A direct comparison without “like” or “as.”
metaphor
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole.
synecdoche
True or False – Rip Van Winkle loved profitable labor.
False (He disliked it).
Rip’s daughter who recognized him after his long sleep.
Judith Gardenier
A 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with a complex rhyme scheme.
sonnet
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
personification
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
alliteration
Rip fell asleep in these mountains.
Catskill Mountains
True or False – Rip’s dog Wolf welcomed him warmly after his return.
False (Wolf snarled and passed on).
A lyric poem that celebrates and honors a person or thing.
ode
A passing reference to a person, place, or event.
allusion
Repetition of vowel sounds within words.
assonance
Rip’s wife, known for her sharp tongue.
Dame Van Winkle
Writing that follows the natural flow of speech and grammar.
prose
True or False – An elegy is a joyful poem written to celebrate life.
False (It mourns the dead).
True or False – “The road symbolizes choices” is an example of symbolism.
True
Words that imitate sounds like “buzz” or “clang.”
onomatopoeia
True or False – Rip slept for twenty years.
True
True or False – Fiction prose presents factual information.
False (That’s nonfiction)